How the mountains were placedThe mountains in the ____ once fought a great battle for the hand of ____, a mountain to the south of Tūrangi. Tribes have different versions of the story; the following is drawn from ____ tradition. The ____ goes that in the days when the earth was ____ there were ____ mountain warriors: ____, Taranaki (Mt Egmont), Tauhara and Pūtauaki (Mt Edgecumbe). There was also the ____ maiden mountain, Pīhanga. The warrior mountains fought for her ____, and after a long battle Tongariro emerged the ____. The ____ mountains decided that they should ____ Tongariro’s domain. They were to travel as far as they could before dawn, when the ____ would fix them to the spot. Pūtauaki headed east and by daybreak reached his present position at Kawerau. Tauhara travelled slowly, all the time looking back longingly at Pīhanga; he only reached the other end of the lake. ____ went west and still looks back, hoping for the day when he might return to ____ his defeat. Meanwhile, Pīhanga became the ____ of Tongariro, and they had a child named ____.

Battle of the mountains – North Island Mountains

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